SOLUTION: John Q. is paid bi-weekly and earns $1,125 per paycheck. If the payment system at John's work changes to semi-monthly , how much would each of his paychecks now be?

Question 215246: John Q. is paid bi-weekly and earns $1,125 per paycheck. If the payment system at John's work changes to semi-monthly , how much would each of his paychecks now be?
Answer by RAY100(1637) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This problem revolves around the fact that bi- weekly (with 52 weeks / yr) is not the same as bi monthly(with 12 months / yr)
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Yearly pay is, $1,125 / 2 weeks * 52 weeks / yr = $ 29,250
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Bi monthly pay is ,,,$29,250 / yr * 1 yr/12 months * 1month/2 bi-monthly = $ 1218.75 bimonthly.
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check, 1125 * 26 = $29,250,,,,,1218.75 *24 = $ 29.250,,,,,ok
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